Jan 30China's zero-Covid policy puts growth under threatArticle for Sunday Times on Xi Jinping's economic strategy
Jun 4, 2021The philosophy underpinning how money worksArticle on cryptocurrencies for Prospect magazine
Jun 3, 2021Does fossil fuel divestment make sense?Analysis for The Independent on activists' calls for an investment boycott of oil companies
Oct 23, 2020The welfare state after Covid: Back to Beveridge or beyond?Beveridge saw the Second World War had provided a transformative shock. Could the coronavirus pandemic provide another?
Apr 2, 2020The wrongs and rights of disaster price gougingThe market fundamentalists are not entirely wrong to warn against the popular urge to stamp out price fluctuations.
Mar 26, 2020Has China really defeated coronavirus?Looking beneath the bonnet of the headline data suggests declarations of victory against this new virus are premature.
Mar 25, 2020Let's try and be more sophisticated about the reality of 'science'The characterisation of “the science” as a fixed thing isn’t helpful and could even be dangerous.
Mar 23, 2020Don’t waste time debating whether Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ tweets are racistSimply look at the man's long and consistent record of xenophobia and then judge whether he's using the label in a factual way.
Mar 21, 2020Time for a Universal Basic Income?It’s certainly a beguiling argument. But there’s a powerful counter-case, too.
Jan 8, 2019Social housing can be 'homes fit for heroes' once againDavid Lloyd George never actually promised "homes fit for heroes" after the First World War. The Liberal prime minister's pledge was that...
Jan 8, 2019Can a dash of socialism be good for capitalism?If capitalism is defined by the question of who controls capital - the money that makes the world go around - there's one organisation...
Dec 30, 2018Financial volatility matters less than we're toldStock markets have been up and down like Santa in the world's chimneys this Christmas. After taking a record unfestive pummelling on 24...
Dec 25, 2018Could 'peak stuff' be in sight this Christmas?Many parents of small children will be familiar with the depressing Christmas Day rubbish routine. Presents are unveiled. The paper is...
Dec 22, 2018Japan's justice system is in the dock alongside Carlos GhosnOn 19 November Carlos Ghosn, the most famous man in the global automotive industry, touched down at Haneda airport in his private jet and...
Dec 15, 2018Fantastic four? The future of the working weekAs a society we can't seem to make up our minds about work. Do we want more of it? Or less? There's a chilling fog of fear over what...
Dec 14, 2018Brexit insurance that is worth havingThe Irish "backstop", the legal clause that offends the sensibilities of hardline Tory Brexiteers - to the point where they would be...
Dec 11, 2018Is Emmanuel Macron’s France in the vanguard of a new economic revolution?As he delivered his televised address to the French public on Monday night, following a month of street protests and intensifying mob...
Nov 27, 2018The Tories have underfunded mental health services while boasting of their generosityThe overall economic and social costs to our society of poor mental health are estimated to be more than £100bn a year. In that context,...
Nov 26, 2018Interview: Adair TurnerAdair Turner is being provocative again. Almost a decade ago now he scandalised bankers and traders (although not the general public)...
Nov 25, 2018Are some bosses actually worth it?The big problem with British digital technology firms is that they sell out before they go global. Their founders prefer the short-term...